MadelineProto/old_docs/API_docs_v27/types/InputUser.md

---
title: InputUser
description: constructors and methods of type InputUser
---
## Type: InputUser  
[Back to types index](index.md)


The following syntaxes can also be used:

```
$InputUser = '@username'; // Username

$InputUser = 44700; // bot API id (users)
$InputUser = -492772765; // bot API id (chats)
$InputUser = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels)

$InputUser = 'user#44700'; // tg-cli style id (users)
$InputUser = 'chat#492772765'; // tg-cli style id (chats)
$InputUser = 'channel#38575794'; // tg-cli style id (channels)
```


### Possible values (constructors):

[inputUserEmpty](../constructors/inputUserEmpty.md)  

[inputUserSelf](../constructors/inputUserSelf.md)  

[inputUserContact](../constructors/inputUserContact.md)  

[inputUserForeign](../constructors/inputUserForeign.md)  


### Methods that return an object of this type (methods):
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			`title: InputUser`
			`description: constructors and methods of type InputUser`
			`---`
			`## Type: InputUser`
			`[Back to types index](index.md)`



Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:32:28 +01:00			`The following syntaxes can also be used:`

			```
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:34:54 +01:00			`$InputUser = '@username'; // Username`
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:32:28 +01:00
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:34:54 +01:00			`$InputUser = 44700; // bot API id (users)`
			`$InputUser = -492772765; // bot API id (chats)`
			`$InputUser = -10038575794; // bot API id (channels)`
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:32:28 +01:00
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:34:54 +01:00			`$InputUser = 'user#44700'; // tg-cli style id (users)`
			`$InputUser = 'chat#492772765'; // tg-cli style id (chats)`
			`$InputUser = 'channel#38575794'; // tg-cli style id (channels)`
Small documentation fixes 2017-02-12 18:32:28 +01:00			```


Written module to translate tl scheme files, turned documentation script into a class, separated ed the MTProto and telegram docs, added layer 46 and layer 55 docs 2017-01-02 19:50:37 +01:00			`### Possible values (constructors):`

			`[inputUserEmpty](../constructors/inputUserEmpty.md)`

			`[inputUserSelf](../constructors/inputUserSelf.md)`

Added docs for layer 18, 23, 25, 27, 33, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 51, 53, 55 2017-01-02 21:04:36 +01:00			`[inputUserContact](../constructors/inputUserContact.md)`

			`[inputUserForeign](../constructors/inputUserForeign.md)`
Written module to translate tl scheme files, turned documentation script into a class, separated ed the MTProto and telegram docs, added layer 46 and layer 55 docs 2017-01-02 19:50:37 +01:00


			`### Methods that return an object of this type (methods):`